Beginning on January 1, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department will be implementing heightened transparency disclosure requirements on US corporate entities. These new requirements include disclosing all beneficial owners of US corporate entities for the purpose of preventing white collar crime including money laundering, terrorism financing, and drug trafficking. The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was passed in early 2021 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) which is a division of the U.S. Treasury Department.
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